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Waterstones Children's Book Prize
The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than three books.
Beginning in 2012, the prize was divided into three categories: Picture Books, Fiction 5–12, and Teen.[1] Each category winner receives £2,000 with an overall winner chosen from the three getting an additional £3,000 (thus the overall winner receives £5,000 in total).[2]
Winners and shortlists
2005 – The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
Nelly the Monster Sitter by Kes Gray
Siberia by Ann Halam
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Merrybegot by Julie Hearn
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by Barry Jonsberg
Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllister
The Whispering Road by Livi Michael
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
Jammy Dodgers on the Run by Bowering Sivers
The Time Wreccas by Val Tyler
2006 – The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
The Quantum Prophecy by Michael Carroll
Gregor and the Rats of Underland by Suzanne Collins
Jack Slater, Monster Investigator by John Dougherty
Ralph the Magic Rabbit by Adam Frost
The Lottery by Beth Goobie
North Child by Edith Pattou
Spymice by Heather Vogel Frederick
2007 – Darkside by Tom Becker
Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times by L. Brittney
Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher by Michael Broad
Sebastian Darke by Philip Caveney
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Bunker 10 by J. A. Henderson
The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
The Case of the Missing Cats by Gareth P. Jones
The Thing with Finn by Tom Kelly
Smugglers by Christopher Russell
2008 – Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
TIM Defender of the Earth by Sam Enthoven
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig
Blue Sky Freedom by Gabrielle Halberstam
Between Two Seas by Marie-Louise Jensen
Ancient Appetites by Oisín McGann
Stone Goblins by David Melling
Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
2009 – 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant by Elen Caldecott
Zelah Green Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis
Changeling by Steve Feasey
Gnomes are Forever by Ceci Jenkinson
The Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen
Mapmaker's Monsters by Rob Stevens
Numbers by Rachel Ward
2010 – The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne Lafleur
The Seven Sorcerers by Caro King
The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt
Meteorite Strike by A. G. Taylor
Desperate Measures by Laura Summers
2011 – Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
The Pain Merchants by Janice Hardy
Wereworld: The Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain by Anna Kemp
A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
For 2011, publications the Prize was divided into three categories with separate shortlists, announced in February 2012.[1]
2012 – The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle (Overall and Picture Book)[2]
- Teen
- You Against Me, Jenny Downham
Being Billy, Phil Earle
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour, Morgan Matson
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Annabel Pitcher
Divergent, Veronica Roth
Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys
- Fiction 5–12
- The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, Liz Pichon
The Windvale Sprites, Mackenzie Crook
Muncle Trogg, Janet Foxley
Sky Hawk, Gill Lewis
Milo and the Restart Button, Alan Silberberg
Claude in the City, Alex T. Smith
- Picture Book
- The Pirates Next Door, Jonny Duddle
No!, Marta Altés
I Don't Want to be a Pea!, Ann Bonwill and Simon Rickerty
A Bit Lost, Chris Haughton
I Want My Hat Back, Jon Klassen
Good Little Wolf, Nadia Shireen
2013 – Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher (Overall and Teen)
- Teen
- Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt
Insignia by S. J. Kincaid
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind by Andy Robb
- Fiction 5–12
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
The Wolf Princess by Catherine Constable
Atticus Claw Breaks the Law by Jennifer Gray
The Secret Hen House Theatre by Helen Peters
Chronicles of Egg: Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey
I Am Not A Loser by Jim Smith
- Picture Book
- Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb
Rabbityness by Jo Empson
Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton
The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp
The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon
Can You See Sassoon? by Sam Usher
2014 — Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell (Overall and Fiction 5-12)[3]
Teen – Geek Girl by Holly Smale
The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale
Butter by Erin Lange
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
Paper Aeroplanes by Dawn O'Porter
Our of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Fiction 5–12 – Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Darcy Durdock by Laura Dockrill
Shiverton Hall by Emerald Fennell
Skull in the Wood by Sandra Greaves
The Last Wild by Piers Torday
Picture Book – Open Very Carefully by Nicola O'Byrne
Harold Finds a Voice by Courtney Dicmas
Weasels by Elys Dolan
Penguin in Peril by Helen Hancocks
Time For Bed, Fred! by Yasmeen Ismail
The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water by Gemma Merino
2015 — Blown Away by Rob Biddulph (Overall and Picture Book)[4][5]
Teen - Half Bad by Sally Green
The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
Dead Ends by Erin Lange
Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill
Smart by Kim Skater
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Fiction 5-12 - Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Girl with a White Dog by Anne Booth
Cowgirl by GR Gemin
Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
Violet and the Pearl of the Orient by Harriet Whitehorn, illustrated by Becka Moor
A Boy Called Hope by Lara Williamson
Picture Book - ''Blown Away by Rob Biddulph
The Queen's Hat by Steve Antony
The Dawn Chorus by Suzanne Barton
Where Bear? by Sophy Henn
Atlas of Adventures by Lucy Letherland, words by Rachel Williams
The Sea Tiger by Victoria Turnbull
2016 — My Brother is a Superhero by David Solomon (Overall and Younger Fiction)[6][7]
Older Fiction - The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Seed by Lisa Heathfield
13 Days of Midnight by Leo Hunt
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
Younger Fiction - My Brother is a Superhero by David Solomon
Bird by Crystal Chan
Witch Wars by Sibéal Pounder
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine
Illustrated Book - The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield
Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow
Cinderella's Sister and the Big Bad Wolf by Lorraine Carey and Migy Blanco
Hector and Hummingbird by Nicholas John Frith
The Crow's Tale by Naomi Howarth
Super Happy Magic Forest by Matty Long
2017 — The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Overall and Younger Fiction)[8][9]
Older Fiction - Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence
Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eager
Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield
The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy
Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Younger Fiction - The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
Captain Pug by Laura James
Beetle Boy by MG Leonard
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Illustrated Book - There’s a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart
The Bear Who Stared by Duncan Beedie
Life is Magic by Meg McLaren
- Super Stan by Matt Robertson
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
Tiger in a Tutu by Fabi Santiago
2018 — The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Overall and Older Fiction)[10]
Older Fiction - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy
Ink by Alice Broadway
This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
Thornhill by Pam Smy
Troublemakers by Catherine Barter
Younger Fiction - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
Kid Normal by Greg James and Chris Smith
The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood
A Place Called Perfect by Helena Duggan
Who Let the Gods Out? by Maz Evans
Illustrated Book - The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton
Fergal is Fuming! by Robert Starling
I Really Want the Cake by Simon Philip
Leaf by Sandra Dieckmann
The Night Box by Louise Greig
Superbat by Matt Carr
2019 — The Boy At The Back Of The Class by Onjali Q. Raúf (Overall and Younger Fiction)[11][12]
Older Fiction - Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
Boy 87 by Ele Fountain
Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. by Malcolm Duffy
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Truth About Lies by Tracy Darnton
Younger Fiction - The Boy At The Back Of The Class by Onjali Q. Raúf
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure by Vashti Hardy
The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
The Mystery of the Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz
The Train to Impossible Places by P.G. Bell
Illustrated Book - The Girl by Lauren Ace and Jenny Løvlie
100 Dogs by Michael Whaite
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Mini Rabbit Not Lost by John Bond
The King Who Banned the Dark by Emily Haworth-Booth
References
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^ ab Robert Dux (29 March 2012). "Jonny Duddle's 'The Pirates Next Door' wins Waterstone's Children's Book Prize". The Independent. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
^ The Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize website.
^ McAloon, Jonathan (26 March 2015). "Picture book wins 2015 Waterstones Children's Book Prize". Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Waterstones children's book prize 2015 – shortlist announced!". The Guardian. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Screenwriter wins children's book prize". BBC. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Chilton, Martin (11 February 2016). "Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016 shortlist". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Kean, Danuta (30 March 2017). "Waterstones children's book prize goes to 'mesmerising' debut adventure story". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ Kean, Danuta (8 February 2017). "Waterstones children's prize shortlists reflect readers' search for hope in anxious times". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "'Upbeat' refugee tale wins book prize". BBC. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ Muxworthy, Catherine (9 February 2019). "Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019 - Shortlist". For Reading Addicts. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
External links
Official Waterstones Children's Book Prize site – dedicated to the latest winners
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